
                                ROCK HOPPER

                              by Nick Steven

                                Published in
                       Amstrad Computer User * June 1985



ROCK HOPPER is an arcade strategy game in which Freddy (you) the small yellow
hopper; has entered a system of ten caves to plunder all the treasures within.
The caves are highly unsafe and you must beware of falling rocks and (in later
levels) poisonus snakes.

A tock will only fall if it has been disturbed. As you move you eat away the
ground that surrounds you and you have to be careful not to trap yourself.
You can fall from any height and to finish the board you must collect all the
flashying treasures, before your time runs out.

To move Freddy use the cursor keys of a joystick. If Freddy gets stuck in a
position which he cannot get out of you can start the board again by pressing
CTRL + A (abort) - this also causes you to loose a life (You start with three
and get an extra one for every board you complete).

Other keys are :

CTRL + G  to end the current game
CTRL + B  to choose a boarrd (1 - 10 or 99) see BOARD DESIGNER
CTRL + L  to load in a board, see board designer
CTRL + H  to see a summary of the keys & functions
CTRL + D  to see a demo
CTRL + N to reset the computer


Board designer
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This program is used to design your own boards to load into Rock Hopper.
Using the cursor keys to move the cursor and keys 1-5 to place objets, you
can design your own boards. Once loaded into Rock Hopper you can play the
boards by pressing CTRL + B then typing 99. A little thought has to go into
the design of the board as it is easy to make one impossible to finish.

Happy Hopping!
